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Post Office Box 788 Jackson, LA 70748 P: 225-634-1200 Warden: Darrel Vannoy Mission Statement Driving Directions Educational Programming Goals Visiting Information Other Programs/Services General Information Dixon Correctional Institute is located in East Feliciana Parish, opened in 1976 and was the first medium security satellite prison in Louisiana. In 1993, DCI was accredited by the American […]

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections is required by R.S. 15:828(A)(1) to establish programs including education and vocational training for the rehabilitation of all persons committed to and in the physical custody of the department, consistent with available resources. Additionally, R.S. 15:828(B) requires the department secretary to prescribe rules and regulations in the facilities […]

Media Access It is the Secretary’s policy to maintain positive, informative relationships with the public, the media and other agencies, consistent with the security and privacy interests of the Department, its staff and offenders. Media are divided into two groups for the purposes of gaining access to correctional facilities and/or probation and parole district offices. […]

What is parole?Parole is the conditional release of an inmate before the full sentence of the court has been served. Parole is defined in R.S. 15: 574.11.A as, “An administrative device for the rehabilitation of prisoners under supervised freedom from actual restraint, and the granting, conditions, or revocation of parole rest in the discretion of […]

The Parole Board does not compute release dates. Therefore, the office will not respond to letters in that regard and will not accept any telephone calls from inmates. For any questions regarding your master prison record or release dates, send your request to: Office of Adult Services P.O. Box 94304 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Re-Hearings […]

Panels of board members conduct hearings, by videoconference, with inmates who are housed at, or within geographical proximity to, one of several adult correctional institutions or local-level facilities. These hearings are held, pursuant to notice and as an Agenda item, at videoconference panel meetings, and are regularly scheduled three weeks out of every month , […]

In 2009, the Department made available an Offender Locator system to the public. Individuals, using a touch tone or cell phone, may call 225-383-4580 to access the new Offender Locator system 24 hours a day. Callers will need to know the offender’s DOC number or may enter the offender’s name and date of birth to […]

It is the mission of the Division of Probation and Parole/Adult to protect public safety by providing for the investigation and supervision of adjudicated adult offenders through the enforcement of legal statutes and community based programs designed to facilitate the offender’s adjustment and reintegration into society. The Division is committed to a program of offender […]

On Thursday, May 24, 2001, an Employee Memorial was dedicated at the headquarters complex of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services. It stands as a permanent memorial to employees who have given their lives in the line of duty. “Today represents a career accomplishment for those of us who first imagined […]

On Thursday, May 24, 2001, an Employee Memorial was dedicated at the headquarters complex of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services. It stands as a permanent memorial to employees who have given their lives in the line of duty. “Today represents a career accomplishment for those of us who first imagined […]